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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. H. GOODFELLOW.

STORE SERVIGE APPARATUS. I No. 410,239. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

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' UNiTED STATES PATENT "OFFICEQ JOHN H. GOODFELLOW, or TROY, NEW YORK, AssIenoR, 1 v MESNF, A SIGNMEN-TS, TO THE LAMSON CONSOLIDATED STORE SERVICE COM PANY, on NEW JERSEY.

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srnaznrcarron forming part Cr Letters Patent No. 410,239, dated September 3, 1889. Application filed January 27, 1888. Serial No. 262,151. (No model.)

To M6 whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. GOODFELLOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, Rensselaer county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of storeservice apparatus in which a carrier having two sets of wheels receives its initial impulse along the way by the action of a propellingcord below the way; and my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, fully set forth hereinafter, for increasing the impetus of the carrier and for gradually reducing its motion as it comes to a station.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the terminus of the track at one of the stations of a store-service apparatus, with a carrier, illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view illustrating the construction of the wedge-shaped retaining-arm. Fig. 3 is a face View of one section of said arm. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a m0dification. Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating another modification. Fig. 6 is an elevation of one line of a store-service apparatus, illustrating my improvements.

B represents a suitable bracket, hanger, or other support for one end of the track-wire a, which extends either to the bracket B or to an arm or extension 0 thereof, which arm or extension, as shown, is wedge-shaped or increases in thickness toward the supportingbracket, but tapers toward the other end, where it is but little thicker than the trackwire. The tapering arm 0, whether connected with the wire or supported independently thereof, constitutes practically a part of the track, either in line therewith, asshown in Fig. 1, or at an angle thereto, as shown in Fig. 4, and the carrier A is provided with,

wheels a a,which run upon the track and over the arm 0 as the carrier approaches the station. The carrier is also provided with one or more additional wheels 17, between which and the wheels at passes a propelling cord or wire 6, by which the carrier may be propelled, the end 'of the propeller cord or wire at each station being secured to the track-wire, as shown ;in Fig. 6. Thus by carrying the handle h, attached to the end of the cord e, away from the arm 0 the cord is brought obliquely upon the lower wheel of the carrier with a wedgelike action, which forces the carrier forward along the way.

In order to impart.- an impetus to the carrier which will send it for greater distances, it is advantageous to secure a certain amount of resistance to the action of the cord, which upon being overcome results in a sudden effect. This may be done in different ways. For instance, the arm 0 may be inclined, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to require a considerable tension upon the cord to lift the carrier to the point on, where the way is horizontal, and when the carrier reaches this point the pressure upon it which was required to elevate it is suddenly transferred into a propelling force and causes the carrier tobe projected forward with considerable momentum.

Another means of resisting the initial action of the cord consistsin the use of one or more yielding rollers b, which by its elasticity as the car travels toward thethicker portion of the wedge-shaped arm finally binds the car thereon, so as to resist the initial action of the propelling-wire. The further effect of such a yielding roller or rollers is to gradually check the movement of the car without shock as it passes onto the wedge-shaped arm. The yielding or elastic effect of the roller may resulteither from making itof rubber or from supporting it in elastic or yielding bearings.

In Fig. 1 a single roller 21 is shown as supported by an upwardly-curved spring f, connected to the frame 9 of the car. In Fig. 4. there are two lower rollers I), supported at theopposite ends of the spring f, and such an arrangement of yielding rollers is shown in connection with an inclined arm, whereby to secure the effect bot-h of the inclination of the arm and the wedge-like action in connection with the yielding rollers.

In Figs. 2 and 3 I have illustrated a particular construction of the arm 0, consisting of two parallel similar sections 3 4, which, when bolted together side by side, constitute the arm, and have recessed hub portions 8 to receive the supporting hanger or post B. Each section has a groove or recess 5, in which fits the end of the track-wire a, which is clamped between the sections and firmly held thereby Instead of placing the arm C between the upper and the lower yielding wheels of the carrier, the yielding wheels may be placed at,

the opposite sides of the carrier, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to grip the sides of the arm 0. As shown in Fig. 5, each of the side Wheels 6 b is supported upon vertical bearings and is elastic, and the arm 0 widens toward the hub, so as to afford a gradually-increasing resistance to the inward movement of the carrier.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim 7 1. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the combination of a track having a Wedge-formed extension, a propelling-cord below the track, and a carriage movable on the said track and hav ing in its frame below the track a yielding,

roller to bind on said extension and constructed to receive the propelling-cord, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the track of a store-service apparatus, of a wedge-shaped arm constituting a terminal extension of the track, a carrier provided with upper wheels running upon the track and with a lower yielding roller, and a propelling-cord extending between the track and the lower wheel, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a cash-carrier apparatus, of a wedge-shaped arm, a track, a propelling-cord, and a carriage provided with a yielding roller arranged to bear upon the arm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two Subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOIV.

\Vitnesses:

J S. BARKER, CHARLES E. FOSTER. 

